Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who appeared at the TED stage yesterday, explained that smartphones don't allow their users to interact enough with the outside world, and even called them "emasculating." People walk around with their faces buried in their smartphone's screen and swipe at a piece of glass.

"Is this the way you're meant to interact with other people?" asked Brin. "It's kind of emasculating. Is this what you're meant to do with your body?

"When we started Google 15 years ago, my vision was that information would come to you as you need it. You wouldn't have to search query at all."

According to Brin, Google Glass -- a hands-free, voice-activated headset with augmented reality features -- is that vision materialized. Brin showed Google Glass off at TED, saying it's the way people were meant to interact with one another while still using digital technology.

Google Glass is being offered to early adopters right now for a steep price of $1,500.

Gaming on the go? That's a joke. What's the input device? You realize a device like this will have extremely limited processing power due to it's size and weight. It's more useful as an information terminal. Maps, diagnostics, recording and playback, and some uses I can't even imagine.

When tablets and phones became a commodity we got all sorts of cool uses out of them but they haven't really replaced many devices and probably won't.

I don't ever see glass as a gaming device. At least not on the glass, maybe as a terminal connected to a more powerful device.